We didn't get any of the snow today, but we're having a ridiculous windstorm. My shopping cart almost took off on me as I was leaving the market.

Is there a muscle that wraps from the shoulder blade around to below the armpit?

Calli, ages ago, but yes. In fact, there are few times the answer to "Is there a muscle around the shoulder that" questions wouldn't be "yes." Shoulders are wicked complicated and easy to piss off.

How did I completely run out of sugar? Of course, I went to the market yesterday. Thank goodness there is honey for my cuppa. ION, I am starting my first IVF cycle today, which means that I have to pick up BCPs from the pharmacy. I will never stop finding this funny.

Bodies weird.

In other "Bodies Weird" news. We now have a good guess as to my problem: sprained my hip. sprained my hip tying my shoe. How fucking embarrassing.

You do meet characters visiting a lot of doctors' offices. One women was having her eyes treated. But she also had a syndrome where the nerves in her mouth are twinned? doubled? Something on those lines. Anyway it means she feels dental pain much more strongly than your average bear. And also locals do nothing her. She has to be unconscious for any dental work to be done. Or really extreme twilight.

I am very sympathetic to that. I mean yowch. But one thought also did occur to me which I would never share with her: "worst superpower ever."

Speaking of doctor visits. I took the day off to have a Sigmoidoscopy. Spoiler font with details.

The last hemorrhoid is still bleeding. It's too close to the surface to nab, and apparently, not much to do with it. But doc was concerned that the bleeding might be something else. So, scheduled the look-see. Didn't find any other cause of bleeding, so confirmed, it's that one annoying 'roid. But he did find a few polyps. He's 99% sure they are non-cancerous, but wants to do a colonoscopy to check the whole pipe. See if there are any more bumps higher up, then remove and test them.

I'm really hating my ass.

Ugh onmis, multiple polyps is a bummer, probably a good idea to check the whole system. I had only a single, but it was precancerous. Needless to say, as unpleasant as it was, I'm grateful to have it gone.

I've been playing around with a website that thessaly pointed out to me. link It may be of interest for people using the reward system for getting stuff done.

I hate to hear that, omnis. Hope it gets resolved quickly, fully, and as painlessly as possible.

Hi all. I've been super lurky lately. Not much energy for a sustained conversation. But I'm falling apart right now and needed a place to talk. Kara is not doing well. Some of you may remember that she has stage IV melanoma - we organized a benefit for her almost a year ago, and I think some of you generous darlings donated. Anyway, she went into the hospital yesterday and they found a hemorrhaging brain lesion. Then they said maybe meningitis? And now the local oncologist has given her a 50/50 chance. She's finally in neuro ICU after a 26 hour wait in the ER.

Kara is literally one of the liveliest people I know. She is a hub in this neighborhood, both formally (head of the neighborhood association) and informally (courtyard gatherings all the time). She and Nora found me my first place here. She's been doing so seemingly well that I think we were (well, I was) lulled into a false sense of security, of treating this as a chronic illness. I wasn't ready for things to get so bad so fast.

Just... ugh. So much ugh.